...constituent. The broader S&P 500 declined 0.5 per cent to 2,107.78 while the Dow Jones Industrial Average inched 0.5 per cent lower to 18,203.37. eric.platt@ft.com Twitter: @ericgplattEric Platt in New York

...Gordon. But when SNP supporters seized on the message to accuse Labour of being in bed with the Tories, the organiser’s Twitter account was quickly deleted. Ms Kane said Scotland in Union backers were not naive enough to expect the major parties to embrace...Mure Dickie in Edinburgh

...several other related articles remaining on its site, according to screenshots of the request that circulated on Weibo, the Twitter-like microblog platform. A duty secretary at Xinhua surnamed Zhu said she was not aware of a notice sent to media clients...Gabriel Wildau in Shanghai